Editor’s Note: While they certainly do not get all the love and attention as their fighter and bomber counterparts, the aircraft contributing to combat operations using non-kinetic effects are just as vital to overall mission success. One such aircraft is the EC-130H “Compass Call,” an airborne tactical weapon system designed to disrupt communications, launch offensive […]
Editor’s Note: There’s no denying the current ops tempo is absolutely crushing both man and machine. Compounding that fact is the age of our fleet. Calling a spade a spade, the median age of our airborne warfighting capability is…old. In this current fiscal climate, it’s going to get worse before it gets better, and one […]
Editors Note: The E-8 Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) made its combat debut 25 years ago during Operation Desert Storm. With its powerful Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and other sensors, the E-8C has proven itself time and time again in a variety of disciplines to combatant commanders. As the airframes age, the time […]
Editor’s Note: We concur with many members of Air Force senior leadership when they’ve said capping the production of the F-22A Raptor was an incredibly poor decision. We all got excited when a past presidential candidate promised to re-open the line, extolling Lockheed-Martin’s decision to retain the tooling and materials as brilliant. We absolutely agree. […]
Editor’s Note: Spoiler Alert! The culprit of today’s sonic boom hysteria was a U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II from NAS Patuxent River. The jet was conducting training off the Atlantic Coast. Sorry, folks! It was not UFOs, cruise missiles, or the famed Aurora spyplane. The U.S. Geological Survey has confirmed that a sonic boom occurred over New Jersey Thursday. In a […]
[Editor’s Note: The F-16V represents a substantial leap in capability over all existing variants of the venerable Fighting Falcon, with the exception of the UAE’s Block 60. That being said, the new Viper took flight for the first time this past October, with Northrop-Grumman’s APG-83 SABR aboard at Lockheed-Martin’s facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Will […]
A Lockheed-Martin F-22A Raptor belonging to the “Fighting Eagles” of the 27th Fighter Squadron from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia spent some time with the F-22 Combined Test Force at Edwards AFB, California this past year, playing a part in the Signature Management Program designed to help maintain the Raptor’s low-observable traits as radar and detection technologies improve. While that […]
[Editor’s Note: We keep you posted as more information becomes available. In the mean time, our thoughts and prayers are with the 56th Fighter Wing as the investigation gets underway.] A pilot whose F-16 fighter jet crashed Thursday in northwestern Arizona is presumed dead, according to Luke Air Force Base officials. The pilot was identified […]
[Editor’s Note: There are some pretty good horror stories out there about the Lockheed-Martin F-104 Starfighter. Supremely powerful and fast, the jet was more like a missile than a fighter, and was so fast the aircraft even shot itself down from time to time. That said, it was a pretty remarkable aircraft in its own […]
Happy Thursday, FighterSweep fans. With College Football’s Bowl season winding down, we continue our two-part series taking a look at the precision and awe-inspiring spectacle of game-day flyovers! In the Dallas-Ft Worth area, we are fortunate to have multiple annual sporting events that regularly attract military flyovers. One of those events is the annual Armed Forces Bowl. Fitting the official Bowl name, the […]
Throughout the history of airplanes designed specifically to hunt and kill other airplanes, there have been some truly awe-inspiring designs. I can’t speak for the rest of you, but since the first moment I saw the Lockheed-Martin F-22 Raptor, my heart–and my breath–was stolen in spectacular fashion. While I certainly mean no disrespect to the Mighty Mighty, the […]
Throughout the history of airplanes designed specifically to hunt and kill other airplanes, there have been some truly awe-inspiring designs. I can’t speak for the rest of you, but since the first moment I saw the Lockheed-Martin F-22 Raptor, my heart–and my breath–was stolen in spectacular fashion. While I certainly mean no disrespect to the Mighty Mighty, the […]
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